Category: Boston

• Read On

  Christmas equaled reading time in these parts. A princess with pneumonia, not to mention other family members—including myself—with assorted head colds/congestion, set things up for a low-key Yuletide. Because of this, I was able to do something I haven’t done in a while: read a book in a day. Actually, I finished one book and […]

  Carrie Dalby

  December 30, 2013

  books, Boston, children, Christmas, family, goals, historical, Jennifer L. Holm, kids, library, literature, New Year, READING, winter

• New Orleans Revival

  I finished the first draft of FORTITUDE last Tuesday, September 10, 2013. Cue the party horns! It felt great and I immediately took a few days off from serious writing because I busted my fingers and brain the previous two weeks to get it done. Yes, even though it’s Laurie Halse Anderson’s annual WFMAD challenge […]

  Carrie Dalby

  September 16, 2013

  Boston, concerts, creativity, editing, FORTITUDE, friends, Hanson, inspiration, Joyce Scarbrough, Joyce Sterling Scarbrough, kindred spirits, Laurie Halse Anderson, Lee Ann Ward, LHA, Listen, literature, Meleesa Swann, Mitch Malloy, MUSIC, New Orleans, novels, playlist, road trips, travel, WFMAD, WIP, WRITING

• Autism Conference

  Yesterday I attended my first autism conference. I’ve gone to workshops and support group meetings, but never a large event. It was three days, but I could only make it to one. I chose the final day because John Elder Robison was a presenter. Yes, that means I missed the iconic Temple Grandin, but I […]

  Carrie Dalby

  May 16, 2013

  ASD Autism Spectrum Disorders, Aspergers, autism, autographs, books, Boston, CORRODED, Europe, husband, John Elder Robison, Mitch Malloy, MUSIC, nautilus, Wonderwegian